American author Quote by Edward Abbey

It is a wonderful and unexpected honor to receive the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Receiving this…

— Michael Spence

“Allow me to pay this small tribute to you who taught so much to those of us who wanted to be writers when we…

— Ernest Hemingway

“The intelligent altruists, though less altruistic than the unintelligent altruists, will be fitter than both unintelligent altruists and selfish individuals. —Herbert Simon, Nobel Prize…

— Adam M. Grant

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." [ Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize…

— Susan Sontag

There must have been something in the air of Gary that led one into economics: the first Nobel Prize winner, Paul Samuelson, was also…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him…

— Edward Abbey

When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and…

— Frederick Sanger

“Churchill was an articulatory genius." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]”

— R. Alan Woods

“In a recent study comparing every Nobel Prize–winning scientist from 1901 to 2005 with typical scientists of the same era, both groups attained deep…

— Adam M. Grant

“People forgot that industry is not an end in itself, but should only be a means to ensure to man his material subsistence and…

— Rudolf Rocker

With the variety of fields within economics, broadly conceived and the increasing specialization of scholarly world, the award of a Nobel Memorial Prize honors…

— Simon Kuznets

The Nobel Prize comes from outside, it's a social recognition [reconnaissance] in a way. And I think a true artist is driven by interior…

— Catherine Camus